Feed and litter carrier.



PATENTED-FEB. 13, 1906.-

J. w. PROVAN. I FEED AND LITTER CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED APBJ, 1904.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906;

Application filed April 1,1904 Serial No. 201,180.

manufacture and easy to operate; and it consists, essentially, of two divided bars having forked upper ends in which are journaled the carrying-wheels and a winding-spindle journaled in the bars and a box provided end hangers and supported at each end by a rope connected at one end to the bar-sand at he other end to the spindle bywhich such rope is designed to be wound to raise an lower the box, one 01 the bars being lon er than the other and provided with sproc ct mechanism for turning the spindle, the parts being otherwise constructed and arranged in detail as hereinafter more particularly explained. i

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my:

improved feed and litter carrieris Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the shorter bar. Fig 3 is a detail of the catch the normal position and disengaging means for the catch.

In the drawings like characters of reference 3 indicate corres ending parts in each figure.

A is the tracli.

B and C are the supporting-bars for my litter-carrier, such bars being forked. at their upper ends and bei-ngprvided with carryingheels b b and c 0, respectively. The bars B and C are divided intermediate of their length, the two parts of the bars being connected together by the bolts 2 which form ivotal means to allow of the upper portion of the bars to swim asthewheels'pass around curve. The-bars and-C are providedwith bearings 11 and. 0-, respectively, inwhich is j'ournaled the spindle D. The spindle D is provided with'end collarsdd and d d for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. E ,islthe box, which isprovided with hangby the pins 6 e at the center ofthe width of the box. The upper end of'the hangers e e is forked and hasEjournaled therein the grooved pulleys E with tor holding the box in F is a cord 'Wllijll is connected at the ends to eyes f and 9, attached to or ferming part of the bars B and C. The cord F at each end passes downwardly under the pulleys E and upwardly to the spindle D, where it is secured to the collar d C is an arm attached to or forming part of the bar 0. I

H is a s the spind .e and connected by a sprocketchain it to a s rocket-pinion h, secured rocket wheelsecured on-the end of 6 5 the stud-spind e 1, journaled in hearings in the bottom of the-lo r C. J isa bracket ivoted to the end of spindle D and having its lower end free. The end of the stud-spindle I isrovided with ahand-wheel I". The hand-w eel 1 serves to wind the spindle and raise the box through the medium of the sprocket-wheel, herembefore. t

described, and e. irictionofithejcord F upon the spind dle serves together with the hand on the pehand-whel, to act as a brake riphery o' the h b e ox.

and regulate the s eed in lowering t I provide a cord which is secured at one endto the bracket J and has a loop at the oposite-cnd. When the hand-wheel is not be;- ing operated, it is looped over the handle of the hand-wheel, so as to hold the box at any desired elevation. In order to maintain the .box in its normal position to receive feed or litter, I secure to one end of the box a notched bar 2, provided with a central notch 2. In iorder to tilt the sex, which is pivotedon a pin 1- on the side or the hanger E and the movement of which is regulated by the upper and lower pins 3 and 3 The top of the lever end, which has secured to itadepending cord L, which extends down a suflicient length in order to be convenient to the operator. The lever L, I also show enable me to give to such lever as much throw 1 provide a lever L;-

is provided witha'bent with a notch 1, so as to as is necessary to push the box longitudinally hanger in order to disen away from the the notch 2 and allow 0 the hanger from box to dump.

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From this description it will be seen that the parts I carrier are reduced to a weight and size and number, my littencarrier is produced at a much less cost than those already in use. I am also enabled to bring my box up close to the track, which is an important desideratum. It will of course be seen that the end; collared d and d d serve to hold the bars B and. C apart.

wheel secured What I claim as my invention is 1. In a feed and litter carrier, in combination a short dependin suspension-bar and a long suspensi.onbar, the spindle journaled in the ends of the long and short bars, the collars on the spindle on each side of each bar, the sprocketear having the upper sprocketon the end of the spindle outside of the long bar and the lower sprocket- Wheel the 10 bar and the box adjustably supportgdgn tl ie main spindle by the cord as speci'- '2. In a litter-carrier, the combination with the bars and wheels, and a spindle j ournaled on the bars, of the box, the hanger nivotally connected to the end of the box and rovided with forked upper ends carrying pu leys, the cordsecured to the eyes on the bars and passing under the pulle s at the top of the hangers of the box and astened to the spindle as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with the box and hangjournaled on a stud at the bottom of ers pivotally connected to the end of the box, the spindle, and bars in which the'saine is j ournaled and means for supporting the hangers from the spindle, of a bar secured in the is journaled and means for supporting the:

hangers from the spindle, of a bar secured in the end of the box and provided with a notch, a lever pivoted on the bar, and means for operating the lever, so as to throw the notched bar clear o1 the hanger in order to dump the box as and for the purpose specified.

' Witnesses:

' B. BOYD,

M. MCLAREN.

JAMES WHITE PROVANQ 

